Spinning with Spinderella’s Creations Thrums

This stuff was fun to spin. The colorway is called Wilderness and is mostly brown but with many colors mixed throughout. While I was spinning it I only really noticed the chunky bloops of different colors. I don’t work in the dark, but the lamp is over on the side somewhere so I don’t always see the subtle color variations in yarn or fiber when I’m in the house. Now that it is plied and the finished yarn went for a walk in the park with me, I can see the many colors streaking all through the yarn, and not just those chunky bits.

While drafting it I noticed lots of lumps, probably caused by the variety of fibers and a result of hand blending all those different fibers. Changes in fiber length and type meant I had to pay a little extra attention while spinning but that’s exactly what kept me interested. The fiber changes made it challenging and the color changes made it fun.

This bundle did contain a great deal of vegetable matter. I picked out big chunks of straw and grasses while I spun and while I plied; my wheel’s pedals, my lap and arms, and the rug beneath were covered in smaller bits while I worked — and there’s still some in there. But it’s a beautiful blend and I don’t mind the vegetable bits. They serve as a nice reminder of fiber’s origins. Surprisingly, the angelina stayed put while I spun. I thought it would roam free to turn the living room into an homage to glitter but that didn’t happen.

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The yarn is beautiful! The colours really add a lot to the basic brown wool. Congratulations on keeping the angelina in place; when I tried some purple sparkly stuff once I ended up purple, the rug was purple, the house was purple, the cat was purple,….. you get the idea.